Event 35 - $1,500 Seven Card Stud Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-18-2008 19:42 UTC-7

Jett Takes a Hit

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Chip Jett bet his hand the whole way from third street to the river against three opponents, but it never got better than a pair of queens for Jett. He was called to the river by two of his three opponents, one of whom turned over three kings.

Tags: Chip Jett

06-18-2008 19:50 UTC-7

The Champ is Here, The Champ is Here

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Michael Keiner, winner of the 2007 World Series of Poker $1,500 Seven Card Stud Event is in the field tonight. The German pro took home $146,987 last year along with his bracelet. This year the 1st place will make $10,876 less, as the field is slightly smaller than the one Keiner bested a year ago.

06-18-2008 19:51 UTC-7

Prize Pool Announced

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With the closure of late registration, final numbers have been announced for this tournament. 382 players ponied up $1,500 each to create a total prize pool of over $500,000. Five tables (40 players) will make the money, with 40th place paying $2,346 and 1st place paying $136,111.

06-18-2008 19:58 UTC-7

Razor Can't Cut It

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It was a tough day for John "the Razor" Phan. He got all of his chips in on sixth street, showing x-x / {5-Diamonds}

against two opponents, one of whom showed a board of x-x / {K-Hearts}

and the other a board of x-x / {7-Hearts}

. Phan, who said he had a straight draw, missed almost everything and finished with a pair of nines. Although that beat the ace-high of one of his opponents, it didn't beat the pair of kings of his other opponent. He is eliminated from the tournament and hits the rail.

06-18-2008 19:59 UTC-7

Markus Golser Doubles Up

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Markus Golser doubled up with a spade flush as he held {Q-Spades}

and squeezing the {5-Spades}

on 7th street against his opponent's pair of kings. Golser is sitting with 1,000 after his win, but is well below the starting stack of 3,000.

06-18-2008 20:04 UTC-7

Chiu Falls

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Another pro has been eliminated from today's field. David Chiu was short stacked early, finally getting all in with a pair of aces. That pair of aces never improved and lost to the two pair, queens and eights, of his opponent.

Tags: David Chiu

06-18-2008 20:10 UTC-7

Hellmuth Playing with Royalty

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Phil Hellmuth had {2-Clubs}

in front of him, as he asked his opponent on seventh street, "are kings good?". After a reply of "no" from his opponent Hellmuth squeezed his last down cards and revealed ( {K-Clubs}

) , and remarked, "kings and queens?" only to have his opponent muck sheepishly. Hellmuth doubled up to 2,600 after the hand.

06-18-2008 20:13 UTC-7

When You Can't Beat Their Board...

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...it doesn't bode well for a showdown. Phil Ivey showed {J-?}

on his board; his opponent showed {A-?}

. Ivey did not call a river bet, but he lost a significant portion of his stack.

Meanwhile, at a different table, Perry Friedman is on life support with just 550 remaining chips after he failed to improve on a pair of aces. His opponent held the other two aces, and two queens to go along with them.

Level: 4

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-18-2008 20:28 UTC-7